RE: AAHP survey (6/95 HPS newsletter)

["Ron L. Kathren" <rkathren@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>]

Nolan --

Excellent comments.  I have long believed that the Academy or ABHP should 
accredit (a la ABET) health physics programs.  Maybe passage of Part I 
(analagous to the FE exam) should be a requirement for receipt of the MS 
degree from such an accredited program rather than the other way round.  
That's another way of looking at things -- perhaps the inverse of your 
suggestion which is in and of itself a good thought.

Clearly Les has touched on an area of great concern to many HP's, 
certified and otherwise.  Maybe we should have an open forum on the topic 
at the HPS meeting in Boston.  What do you think?

Ron

On Wed, 7 Jun 1995, Hertel, Nolan wrote:

> 
> I guess I would like to add onto Ron Kathren's question #5.  I have on more 
> than one occasion, when discussing the Georgia Tech MS HP program with 
> potential students (particularly those desiring the video tape format) been 
> asked how many hours of credit we give them towards an MS degrees if 
> a person is a certified HP.  To which, I usually dance skirt the issue with 
> some statement like "being a program administered within a college of 
> engineering, my colleagues would never condone such an exchange of credit 
> since they offer no course credit towards a degree is given to a person who 
> is a P.E."  However, the way I would really like to respond to that question 
> is with this question: "will you waive Part I or Part II of the certification 
> exam if a person has an MSHP from our program?"  
> -----
> Les, I usually don't even respond to any RADSAFE messages, what subliminal 
> signal did you send?
> ---
> Nolan E. Hertel
> Health Physics Program
> Georgia 
> Tech
>